name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
fidge
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rhymes with -ɪdʒ
noun
Meaning 2
A shake; fiddle or similar agitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 3
To fidget; jostle or shake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete
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History
Etymology
Variant of Fitch.
Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), perhaps related to Old English befician (“to deceive”) or from Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), akin to Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”). See also fike.